Wanting to make a Fan Game, Dealing with some conflicting ideas and need advice.
We've all seen my fake screenshots and some HUD sketches, but for a while now, I've actually considered making or at the very least writing a fan game. I have a bunch of Ideas and many of them are conflicting.
I thought of dividing the game into levels and chapters where one chapter is a few levels each. The question is Do I want it to be like dooms episodes where it's one level at a time or do I want it to be like Hexen where you go back and forth between levels?
I already had the idea of it being more than a walking simulator (nothing against Dream BBQ). I've said it before, I've always envisioned it to be more like a Dungeon Crawler similar to to something like System Shock or Ultima Underworld. The problems lie with every other aspect. The classic Yellow and Blue Ena is not a fighter so fan games like Decimation Journey and Reality Flame out don't really work. I can see Dream BBQ Ena being a more combat heavy person, she at-least has theories of being a war veteran to back it up. Since I want there to be more lose conditions than just you died The question here is Should I want include a health system?
Because Ena can be weird I often envisioning gameplay being weird as well. It's not just going around doing task for other Npc's or looking for important items, It's how you do them. One of these idea's involve having you use all five of your senses, Touch(interact),look(perceive),Hear, Smell, and Taste. Touch is simple, it's how you would normally interact with the game. The others would either display text of what you see, play a sound, or effect you in one way or another. The question is How weird/complex do I want game play to be?
If you have any other advice, feel free to comment.